Thursday, October 1, 2009

I did a count of modules around here today. I really hadn't been keeping track.I counted the ones firmly planned as well, as I have all the structures on handand the scenery settled for them.

35.

Seriously.

35.

Two are TxOutlawOn30. Three are TTrak-HO. 30 are TTrak-N. And whenI say "finished" I mean showable, but probably could use a few more details,such as figures, etc.

One On30 is finished and the other well on its way. When I get back to it,it will get a coastal treatment. Most parts are on hand, if not all.

Two HO are finished and the other only needs the scenery details (figures,vehicles, etc.) applied. All parts are on hand. Darrell Puckett did the sceneryon one, but I supplied many of the details, base and track. And, I store it.

16 are from what I refer to as 'Set 1' of the N modules. Most are finished.Several could use some 'sweetening,' which is what I am concentrating onthese days. These form a complete showable layout from a 2½ foot circleto a 2½ foot by 14½ foot loop, and can be configured in an "L" shapeas well.

The others form 'Set 2.' 12 of the final 14 are in various stages. All thesemodule bases built, scenery planned, and structures on hand. The high risecorner, the 45° beach corner and the hospital are the first of these.

The final two have been the hardest to figure out, but I think I'm there. InTTrak, the roadbed base is at least 2¾" above the lowest part of the modulebox. In that interval, the plan is to install a tram loop to run around someunder track stores. If I don't have all the pieces, all that I will need is a bitmore Tomix N track. I have the structures, trams (neat little buggers!) anda micro controller for it. However, the module boxes haven't been startedwhile I figured out exactly what it would take. These will be a pair of threefoot sections forming a six foot module.

I'm tempted to build it as a single six foot piece, but I probably shouldn't.I already have a pair of six footers is Set 1, the yard.

Hopefully, no more. No more. Right now, I don't even want to supplyanyone else with blank bases. I've done that about eight or ten times sofar. Enough, already.

At least, I have been building storage and transport frames as I built thebases, so it is easy to stack and store them. Maybe that's why I didn't realizejust how many I have . . .